Badminton World Ranking 2026 - Badminton Ranking Men

The Badminton World Rankings showcase the latest BWF standings across major categories, including Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles. These rankings highlight the top players and pairs competing on the global stage.

Stay informed with regularly updated rankings that reflect players’ performances in international tournaments. The ranking points are updated frequently, ensuring accurate and current standings.

Track the dominance of leading shuttlers and pairs while also following rising stars making their mark in world badminton through consistent performances and achievements.

Men Badminton Rankings

The latest BWF Men's Singles World Rankings are led by China's Shi Yuqi, who holds the top spot with an impressive 1,06,805 points. Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn follows in second place with 98,265 points, while Denmark's Anders Antonsen secures the third position with 94,055 points. These rankings reflect the exceptional form and consistency of the world's leading badminton stars.

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Shi Yuqi	China	1,06,805
2	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Thailand	98,265
3	Anders Antonsen	Denmark	94,055
4	Christo Popov	France	85,962
5	Jonatan Christie	Indonesia	83,631
6	Chou Tien-chen	Chinese Taipei	82,080
7	Li Shifeng	China	74,783
8	Lin Chun-yi	Chinese Taipei	73,414
9	Kodai Naraoka	Japan	69,400
10	Alex Lanier	France	68,565
11	Lakshya Sen	India	68,223
12	Victor Lai	Canada	64,445
13	Loh Kean Yew	Singapore	64,020
14	Alwi Farhan	Indonesia	63,549
15	Weng Hongyang	China	60,781
16	Toma Junior Popov	France	56,317
17	Kenta Nishimoto	Japan	56,099
18	Yushi Tanaka	Japan	53,925
19	Yu Jen Chi	Chinese Taipei	53,037
20	Ayush Shetty	India	52,579
21	Koki Watanabe	Japan	51,430
22	Lu Guangzu	China	50,970
23	Lee Cheuk-yiu	Hong Kong, China	49,833
24	Rasmus Gemke	Denmark	48,614
25	Leong Jun Hao	Malaysia	46,659
26	Wang Zhengxing	China	45,531
27	Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul	Thailand	45,255
28	Nhat Nguyen	Ireland	45,021
29	Kidambi Srikanth	India	44,425
30	Angus Ng Ka Long	Hong Kong, China	43,769
31	Jia Heng Jason Teh	Singapore	43,158
32	Brian Yang	Canada	41,585
33	Haseena Sunil Prannoy	India	41,554
34	Arnaud Merkle	France	41,244
35	Yudai Okimoto	Japan	40,934
36	Lee Chia-hao	Chinese Taipei	40,742
37	Wang Tzu-wei	Chinese Taipei	39,299
38	Jeon Hyeok Jin	South Korea	36,880
39	Magnus Johannesen	Denmark	36,732
40	Jason Gunawan	Hong Kong, China	36,060
41	Prahdiska Bagas Shujiwo	Indonesia	35,783
42	Tharun Mannepalli	India	35,596
43	Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah	Indonesia	35,221
44	Justin Hoh	Malaysia	34,152
45	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	Indonesia	33,819
46	Wang Po-Wei	Chinese Taipei	33,460
47	Li Yang Su	Chinese Taipei	33,128
48	Kiran George	India	32,490
49	Julien Carraggi	Belgium	31,959
50	Muhamad Yusuf	Indonesia	30,960
51	Kalle Koljonen	Finland	29,230
52	Minoru Koga	Japan	28,770
53	Jonathan Matias	Brazil	28,167
54	Hai Dang Nguyen	Vietnam	27,980
55	Hu Zhean	China	27,846
56	Mithun Manjunath	India	27,770
57	Sholeh Ali Sadikin Aidil	Malaysia	27,710
58	Liao Jhuo-Fu	Chinese Taipei	27,120
59	Harry Huang	England	26,934
60	Daniil Dubovenko	Israel	26,843
61	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	Thailand	26,838
62	Aria Dinata	Croatia	26,489
63	Ditlev Jaeger Holm	Denmark	26,151
64	Joakim Oldorff	Finland	26,044
65	Zhu Xuan Chen	China	25,815
66	Dong Tian Yao	China	25,040
67	Lee Zii Jia	Malaysia	24,715
68	Yoo Taebin	South Korea	24,129
69	Richie Duta Richardo	Indonesia	24,091
70	Misha Zilberman	Israel	23,947
71	Huang Ping-Hsien	Chinese Taipei	23,530
72	Shogo Ogawa	Japan	23,170
73	Saneeth Dayanand Shimoga	India	22,789
74	Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo	Indonesia	22,740
75	Ting Yen-Chen	Chinese Taipei	22,519
76	Eogene Ewe	Malaysia	22,515
77	Priyanshu Rajawat	India	22,470
78	Riki Takei	Japan	22,150
79	Wang Yu-Kai	Chinese Taipei	22,080
80	Choi Ji Hoon	South Korea	22,005
81	Kevin Cordon	Guatemala	21,704
82	Bismo Raya Oktora	Indonesia	21,570
83	Mark Shelley Alcala	USA	21,432
84	Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian	India	21,220
85	Josh Nguyen	Canada	20,887
86	Matthias Kicklitz	Germany	20,778
87	Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar	India	20,680
88	Cheam June Wei	Malaysia	20,570
89	Park Sang Yong	South Korea	20,354
90	Viktor Axelsen	Denmark	20,290
91	Jing Hong Kok	Malaysia	20,287
92	Viren Nettasinghe	Sri Lanka	20,270
93	Dumindu Abeywickrama	Sri Lanka	20,240
94	Christian Adinata	Indonesia	20,010
95	Enogat Roy	France	19,988
96	Alap Mishra	India	19,820
97	Manraj Singh	India	19,780
98	Yohanes Saut Marcellyno	Indonesia	19,760
99	Dmitriy Panarin	Kazakhstan	19,614
100	Uriel Francisco Canjura Artiga	El Salvador	19,296
101	Dominik Kwinta	Poland	19,146
102	Dendi Triansyah	Indonesia	19,120
103	Cho Geonyeop	South Korea	18,960
104	Adriano Viale Aguirre	Peru	18,533
105	Garret Tan	USA	18,519
106	William Boegebjerg	Denmark	18,499
107	Kim Byung Jae	South Korea	18,480
108	Fabio Caponio	Italy	18,182
109	Donnians Oliveira	Brazil	18,150
110	Ade Resky Dwicahyo	Azerbaijan	17,957
111	Jakob Houe	Denmark	17,810
112	Duc Phat Le	Vietnam	17,380
113	Tushar Suveer	India	17,230
114	Kuo Kuan Lin	Chinese Taipei	17,130
115	Edward Lau	New Zealand	17,051
116	Lakshay Sharma	India	16,710
117	Lim Ming Hong	Singapore	16,560
118	Xiaodong Sheng	Canada	16,310
119	Collins Valentine Filimon	Austria	15,689
120	Mads Emil Christophersen	Denmark	15,300
121	Tobias Kuenzi	Switzerland	15,295
122	Giovanni Toti	Italy	15,186
123	Dicky Dwi Pangestu	Azerbaijan	15,133
124	Wang Zijun	China	15,086
125	Huang Yu Kai	Chinese Taipei	14,940
126	Rounak Chouhan	India	14,930
127	Koo Takahashi	Japan	14,670
128	Kauffmann Victor Oerding	Denmark	14,540
129	Mikolaj Szymanowski	Poland	14,491
130	Zhou Xinyu	China	14,464
131	Clarence Villaflor	Philippines	14,330
132	Gustav Bjorkler	Sweden	14,324
133	Siddhanth Gupta	India	14,280
134	Hein Htut	Myanmar	14,266
135	Shashwat Dalal	India	14,230
136	Takuma Obayashi	Japan	14,010
137	Kai Hern Huan	Malaysia	13,920
138	Bharat Raghav	India	13,890
139	Ong Zhen Yi	Malaysia	13,850
140	Enrico Asuncion	USA	13,745
141	Sathish Kumar Karunakaran	India	13,487
142	Riku Hatano	Japan	13,390
143	Julien Scheiwiller	Switzerland	13,248
144	Akira Hanada	Japan	13,210
145	Meiraba Luwang	India	13,140
146	Wu Zhe Ying	Chinese Taipei	12,970
147	Anirv Reddy Chamakura	USA	12,930
148	Shaurya Gullaiya	Canada	12,870
149	Cholan Kayan	England	12,818
150	Alvaro Leal	Spain	12,816
151	Timothy Lock	Canada	12,768
152	Christopher Vittoriani	Italy	12,740
153	Jia Wei Joel Koh	Singapore	12,654
154	Ginpaul Sonna	India	12,640
155	Tan Jia Jie	Malaysia	12,610
156	Pranay Katta	India	12,500
157	Noah Haase	Netherlands	12,291
158	Orijit Chaliha	India	12,240
159	B M Rahul Bharadwaj	India	12,100
160	Sacha Leveque	France	12,070
161	Lei Lanxi	China	12,060
162	Bharath Latheesh	United Arab Emirates	12,020
163	Karan Rajan Rajarajan	Denmark	11,960
164	Oei Kian-Yu	Germany	11,953
165	Kavin Thangam Kavin	India	11,940
166	Arthur Wakhevitsch	France	11,840
167	Lee Jan Jireh	Malaysia	11,630
168	Ephraim Stephen Sam	Australia	11,406
169	Darshan Pujari	India	11,336
170	Cho Hyeon Woo	South Korea	11,297
171	Milan Dratva	Slovakia	11,190
172	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Egypt	11,130
173	Tarun Reddy Katam	India	11,080
174	Nicolas A Mueller	Switzerland	11,031
175	Noda, Toma	Japan	11,030
176	Sun Chao	China	11,000
177	Cheng Ju-Sheng	Chinese Taipei	10,980
178	Wolfgang Gnedt	Austria	10,962
179	Pranay Shettigar	India	10,900
180	Kim Hae Deun	South Korea	10,870
181	Dhruv Negi	India	10,710
182	Ethan Rose	England	10,700
183	Bruno Carvalho	Portugal	10,645
184	Pablo Abian	Spain	10,545
185	Kai Niederhuber	Austria	10,528
186	Numair Shaik	India	10,420
187	Sanskar Saraswat	India	10,250
188	Dimitar Yanakiev	Bulgaria	10,170
189	Douce Lucas	Mauritius	10,070
190	Markus Barth	Norway	10,065
191	Arya Bhivpathaki	India	9,960
192	Jeppe Bruun Christensen	Denmark	9,950
193	Chia Hung Lu	Chinese Taipei	9,950
194	Wongsup Wongsup-In	Thailand	9,882
195	Karono Karono	Indonesia	9,830
196	David Kim Kristensen	Denmark	9,770
197	Tan Kean Wei	Malaysia	9,720
198	Koshiro Moriguchi	Japan	9,550
199	Driss Bourroum	Morocco	9,460
200	Raghu Mariswamy	India	9,400

Men Double's Badminton Rankings

The latest BWF Men's Doubles World Rankings see the Kim Won-ho, and Seo Seung-jae leading the chart with an impressive 1,22,049 points. Aaron Chia Teng Fong, and Soh Wooi Yik follow in second place with 94,384 points, while Fajar Alfian, and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri secure the third position with 89,203 points. These rankings highlight the dominance and consistency of the top-performing men's doubles teams on the global stage.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	1,22,049
2	Aaron Chia Teng Fong Soh Wooi Yik	94,384
3	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	89,203
4	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	84,811
5	Wang Chang Liang Weikeng	83,989
6	Wei Chong Man Kai Wun Tee	75,423
7	Sabar Karyaman Gutama Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	72,116
8	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	70,160
9	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin Rumsani	69,367
10	Kim Astrup Sorensen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	64,249
11	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	62,865
12	Nikolaus Joaquin Raymond Indra	61,366
13	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	61,241
14	Chiu Hsiang-chieh Wang Chi-lin	58,825
15	Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan	56,636
16	Junaidi Arif Roy King Yap	54,454
17	Kang Minhyuk Ki Dong Ju	53,823
18	Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen	53,771
19	Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard	52,815
20	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	48,801
21	Leo Rolly Carnando Bagas Maulana	48,546
22	Kakeru Kumagai Hiroki Nishi	46,448
23	Hiroki Midorikawa Kyohei Yamashita	46,330
24	Liu Kuang Heng Yang Po Han	46,250
25	Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Azriyn Wee Kiong Tan	45,000
26	Kang Khai Xing Aaron Tai	44,030
27	Chen Zhiyi Presley Smith	42,115
28	Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal	41,092
29	Kedren Kittinupong Dechapol Puavaranukroh	40,220
30	Hariharan Amsakarunan Madathil Ramachandran Arjun	40,104
31	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi
32	Muhammad Rian Ardianto Rahmat Hidayat	40,069
33	Hu Keyuan Lin Xiangyi	39,563
34	Takumi Nomura Yuichi Shimogami	38,331
35	Huang Di Liu Yang	38,100
36	Zhi-Wei He Huang Jui-Hsuan	36,080
37	Ali Faathir Rayhan Devin Artha Wahyudi	35,990
38	Choi Sol-gyu Goh V Shem	35,340
39	Chen Zhi Ray Lin Yu Chieh	35,246
40	Chia Weijie Lwi Sheng Hao	34,240
41	Eng Keat Wesley Koh Junsuke Kubo	33,212
42	Chen Cheng Kuan Lin Bing-Wei	32,620
43	Jin Yong Na Sung-seung	32,030
44	Jiri Kral Ondrej Kral	31,693
45	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	30,938
46	Lai Po Yu Tsai Fu Cheng	30,350
47	Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy Sai Pratheek K	30,305
48	Eloi Adam Leo Rossi	30,214
49	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley
50	Mael Cattoen Lucas Renoir	29,590
51	Pharanyu Kaosamaang Tanadon Punpanich	29,386
52	Su Ching-heng Wu Guan Xun	29,300
53	Chang Ko-chi Po Li-wei	29,160
54	Charoenkitamorn Chaloempon Worrapol Thongsa-Nga	28,931
55	Christian Faust Kjaer Rasmus Kjaer	28,494
56	Zeng Weihan Xie Haonan	28,300
57	Alex Green Zach Russ	27,884
58	Kenzie Yoe Luna Rianty Saffana	27,760
59	Kenya Mitsuhashi Hiroki Okamura	27,640
60	Peeratchai Sukphun Pakkapon Teeraratsakul	27,616
61	Oliver Butler Sam Jones	27,339
62	Hung Kuei Chun Lui Chun Wai	27,265
63	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	26,870
64	William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjaer	26,680
65	Julien Maio William Villeger	26,433
66	Donovan Willard Wee Wong Jia Hao Howin	26,150
67	Rasmus Kjaer Frederik Soegaard	26,120
68	Fabricio Farias Davi Silva	25,991
69	Bjarne Geiss Jones Ralfy Jansen	25,928
70	Muhammad Faiq Haziq Lok Hong Quan	25,920
71	Chien-Wei Chiang Wu Hsuan-yi	25,740
72	Dev Ayyappan Dhiren Ayyappan	25,500
73	Alexander Dunn Adam Pringle	24,850
74	Low Hang Yee Ng Eng Cheong	24,830
75	Malik Bourakkadi Kenneth Neumann	24,040
76	Lin Chia Yen Yong Sheng Lin	23,640
77	Muh Putra Erwiansyah Daniel Edgar Marvino	23,400
78	Anselmus Breagit Fredy Prasetya Pulung Ramadhan	22,960
79	Wei Chun Wei Yang Po Chih	22,790
80	Huang Tsung-I Lin Ting-Yu	22,630
81	Jonathan Dresp Simon Krax	22,366
82	Lau Yi Sheng Tze Jian Lim	21,970
83	Tori Aizawa Daisuke Sano	21,110
84	Ruben Garcia Carlos Piris	21,103
85	Masayuki Onodera Daigo Tanioka	20,600
86	Bhargav Ram Arigela Viswa Tej Gobburu	19,770
87	Scott Guildea Paul Reynolds	19,140
88	Rasmus Espersen Andreas Soendergaard	18,960
89	Suraj Goala Dhruv Rawat	18,500
90	Jacobo Fernandez Alberto Perals	18,172
91	Nguyen Dinh Hoang Tran Dinh Manh	18,050
92	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu	17,592
93	Bryan Jeremy Goonting M Fazriq Mohamad Razif	17,546
94	Robin Harper Harry Wakefield	17,480
95	Haruki Kawabe Kenta Matsukawa
96	Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai Nyl Yakura	17,396
97	Yann Orteu Minh Quang Pham	17,049
98	Cui Hechen Peng Jianqin	16,816
99	Dingku Singh Konthoujam Amaan Mohammad	16,260
100	P.S Ravikrishna Somi Romdhani	16,170
101	Mio Molin Max Svensson	16,043
102	Goh Boon Zhe Wong Vin Sean	15,890
103	Hariharan Amsakarunan Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi	15,850
104	Viplav Kuvale Viraj Kuvale	15,730
105	Vojtech Havlicek Tomas Svejda	15,620
106	Cho Song Hyun Jin Sung Ik	15,560
107	Lee Jong Min Wang Chan	15,440
108	Solomon Jr. Padiz Julius Villabrille	15,070
109	Chen Sheng Fa Lu Chen	15,060
110	Raphael Chris Deloy Adam Jeffrey	15,010
111	Izak Batalha Matheus Voigt	14,668
112	Ashraf Daniel Md Zakaria M Ariffin Nazri Md Zakaria	14,540
113	Baptiste Labarthe Quentin Ronget	14,300
114	Kristoffer Kolding Calvin Lundsgaard	14,030
115	Marvin Datko Aaron Sonnenschein	14,010
116	Boon Xin Yuan Lee Yi Bo	13,950
117	Abinash Mohanty Ayush Pattanayak	13,900
118	Adrian Krawczyk Szymon Slepecki	13,635
119	Torjus Flaatten Jonas Oesthassel	13,158
120	Doddavarapu A R Pochana A R	13,120
121	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang
122	Dexter Farrell Wahyu Agung Prasetyo	13,100
123	Iljo van Delsen Yaro van Delsen	13,091
124	Daniel Franco Rodrigo Sanjurjo	13,064
125	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel
126	Csanad Horvath Miklos Kis-Kasza	13,045
127	Beh Chun Meng Choi Jian Sheng	12,730
128	Cheng Kai Wen Liao Chao Pang	12,540
129	Chen Xujun Guo Ruohan	12,360
130	Hari Bharathi Baskaran.P Bharathsanjai S	12,170
131	Bao Xin Da Gu La Wai Chou Yu Hsiang	12,050
132	Pramudya Kusumawardana Jack Yu	11,650
133	Yudai Nagafuchi Kota Ogawa	11,630
134	Arden Quan Lee Stanley Xing	11,518
135	Akshan Shetty Sankar Prasad Udayakumar	11,370
136	Karthick Raja Balamurugan P. Parth Vaid	11,150
137	Noh Jin Seong Park Seung Min	11,150
138	Ren Xiangyu Xie Haonan	11,090
139	Chen Yongrui Chen Zhehan	10,940
140	Kiren Milan Deraj Victor Ho	10,910
141	Chen Bo-Yuan Tang Kai Wei	10,750
142	Bugra Aktas Emre Sonmez	10,678
143	Al-Amin Jumar Moajjam Hossain Ohidul	10,660
144	Law Cheuk Him Yeung Shing Choi	10,620
145	Pongsakorn Thongkham Wongsathorn Thongkham	10,560
146	Natan Begga Gregoire Deschamp	10,510
147	Keiichiro Matsui Katsuki Tamate	10,350
148	Chen Yu-che Chen Ze Ru	10,110
149	Weerapat Phakjarung Tanupat Viriyangkura	9,980
150	Xu Huayu Zhang Lejian	9,830
151	David Eckerlin Danial Iman Marzuan	9,790
152	Aditya Diwakar Kavin Thangam Kavin	9,720
153	Chiu Tzu Hung Lu Ching-yao	9,490
154	Anuj Kale Ian Lopes	9,280
155	Kong Hee-yong Lee Yeon Woo	9,150
156	Yuto Noda Shunya Ota	9,090
157	Andrej Suchy Simeon Suchy	9,070
158	Arya Thakore Dhruv Thakore	9,020
159	Naoya Kawashima Akira Koga	8,930
160	Jacob Ekman Oscar Reuterhall	8,781
161	Kim Jae Hyeon Lee Sang Won	8,740
162	Narut Saengkham Apichasit Teerawiwat	8,704
163	Hiroki Okamura Kyohei Yamashita	8,700
164	Christopher Alexander Martinez Salvador Jonathan Solis	8,671
165	Yannick Feltes Jerome Pauquet	8,601
166	Kazuki Shibata Naoki Yamada	8,520
167	Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi	8,510
168	Ashith Surya Ganesh Vittalji	8,410
169	Kristjan Kaljurand Raul Käsner	8,194
170	Jin Y Lee J	8,138
171	Jonathan Farrell Gosal Adrian Pratama	7,960
172	Divyam Arora Arsh Mohammad	7,920
173	Tobias Roenboeg Mike Vestergaard	7,890
174	Ewan Goulin Arsene Serre	7,880
175	Jose Guevara Adriano Viale	7,687
176	Kedren Kittinupong Lucas Ekarat Wedler	7,630
177	Miha Ivancic Tadej Jelenc	7,619
178	Nitin Kumar Harsh Rana	7,540
179	Robert Nebel Otto Reiler	7,530
180	Wang Y H Xie Z	7,480
181	David Bjarni Bjornsson Kristofer Darri Finnsson	7,447
182	Ayato Endo Yuta Takei	7,440
183	Chongo Ezra Mulenga Kalombo Mulenga	7,434
184	Castillo J Gaitan A	7,424
185	Krishna Prasad Garaga Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy	7,400
186	Chen Xu Jun Liu Yang	7,350
187	Su Latt Thet Htar Thuzar	7,326
188	Huang Di Ren Xiang Yu	7,320
189	Nicolas Franconville Liano Panza	7,310
190	Ki Dong Ju Kim Won-ho	7,241
191	Aaron Chia Teng Fong Tee Kai Wun	7,141
192	Pong L H H Pong L K K	7,120
193	Alexius Ongkytama Subagio Aquino Evano Keneddy Tangka	7,050
194	Mohammed Munawar Mohamed Muanis	6,980
195	Ishaan Bhatnagar Aradhana Balachandra	6,970
196	Rory Easton Alex Green	6,950
197	Chen Hung Ming Tsai Cheng-Han	6,910
198	Emil Langemark Mikkel Langemark	6,850
199	Jin Yong Kim Won-ho	6,784
200	Danielius Berzanskis Domas Paksys	6,780
201	Jin Yong Seo Seung-jae	6,769

Latest Updates

About Badminton World Rankings

May 17 2026

The BWF World Rankings are the official global standings for professional badminton players across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. Updated weekly by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), these rankings determine tournament seedings, player qualification pathways, and overall performance consistency throughout the season.
How the BWF Ranking System Works

May 17 2026

Players earn ranking points by competing in BWF-sanctioned tournaments.

Points vary based on tournament level and finishing position — higher-tier events offer more points.

Rankings follow a rolling 52-week cycle, meaning points expire after a year.

A player or pair’s ranking is calculated from their 10 best performances within this period.

Regular updates reflect form, participation, and results across the World Tour.
Importance of World Rankings

May 17 2026

Tournament Seeding: Higher-ranked players receive favourable draws at major events.

Qualification: Rankings influence entry into prestigious competitions, including Olympic Games and World Championships.

Performance Tracking: They offer a reliable measure of a player’s progress, consistency, and position in world badminton.

National Impact: Strong rankings enhance a player’s status within their national federation and boost sponsorship opportunities.
What to Expect in the 2026 05 17 Season

The 2026 05 17 BWF season features a full calendar of Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and Super 100 events that contribute to world ranking points. With new competitive cycles, intensified match schedules, and growing global participation, rankings are expected to fluctuate sharply as top stars and rising talents compete for supremacy.
How to Use This Ranking Page

May 17 2026

Track updated weekly standings for Men’s and Women’s Singles & Doubles.

Analyse player movements, ranking points, and season progress.

Access quick links to player profiles, statistics, and recent match results.

Visit regularly for the latest changes as tournament outcomes reshape the leaderboard.

Stay updated with the latest Badminton Ranking Men

1. How are the BWF World Rankings calculated?

The BWF World Rankings are determined by the sum total of points earned by a player or pair in the preceding 52 weeks.

2. How many tournaments are counted?

Only the 10 highest-scoring events by a player or pair over the last 52 weeks are counted towards their World Ranking. If a player/pair has participated in fewer than 10 tournaments, all of them are counted.

3. How are ranking points awarded?

Points are awarded based on two main factors:

1. Tournament Level: Higher-tier tournaments (e.g., Super 1000, World Championships, Olympic Games) award more points.

2. Tournament Stage: The further a player/pair progresses in the event (Winner, Runner-up, Semi-finalist, etc.), the more points they earn.

4. When are the rankings published?

The official BWF World Rankings are typically updated and published every Thursday.

5. What happens if two players have the same number of points?

If two or more players/pairs have an identical number of points, the player/pair who has played in the most tournaments will be ranked higher. If the points and number of tournaments are identical, they are ranked equal.

6. What are the five disciplines that have BWF Rankings?

The BWF maintains separate World Rankings for five disciplines: Men's Singles (MS), Women's Singles (WS), Men's Doubles (MD), Women's Doubles (WD), and Mixed Doubles (XD).